Democrats hope abortion will jolt young voters to action in the midterms

Young people who support access to abortion chant in front of un-scalable fence that stands around the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2022.

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After a draft opinion suggested that the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade, President Biden and other Democrats called on voters to send more lawmakers who support abortion rights to Washington.

“If the court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at all levels of government to protect a woman’s right to choose,” Biden said in a written statement the day after the draft opinion was reported. “And it will fall on voters to elect pro-choice officials this November.”

For Arekia Bennett-Scott, those words fell flat.